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colleagues in the pentagon at that time, many have been in the vietnam war. of course there were some very dedicated to the national security of our country. never in my wildest dream what i have anticipated that senators in this body would vote to hold hostages, as hostage, the families of our military personnel. everyone who is a member of a military family, could you raise your hand? thank you for coming. and i think our chairwoman really delineated all of the hardships opposed on families, the spouses and the children, where they go to school, where we live. just a huge set of uncertainties that accompany this nine-month delay. i heard the argument that somehow this resolution undermines a senate tradition. the senate tradition is to, by unanimous consent, consider, unblock and approve the military promotions, going back to our earliest times. if there is a violation of the senate tradition it is the violation of holding hostage our military families and denying that national security needs of our nation by doing so as well. so i can't speak more passiona
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ofneed to get the top tier the pentagon staffed up the soonest. modernization and the triad is top priority. we need to fully develop the domain of space and improve our capabilities. there are a wide range of conventional capabilities we need to improve and many hinge on core technologies that we can speak about during the course of the hearing. >> thank you, dr. esper. much esther very chairman and mr. secretary. in your opening remarks you mentioned the continuing tensions between the united states and iran. madeollowing statement was >> if you think the war on ran out to be a catastrophe. if you think that it would dramatically -- dramatically reduced is hard to over estimate. do you agree? with are not seeking war iran and we need to get back on the diplomatic channel. >> that raises the channel of how do we take steps that would escalationssible leading to kinetic activity. how do you do that. to foreclose the opportunity for any miscalculation and misunderstanding by developing a concept which i understand we have set up a meeting to brief
ofneed to get the top tier the pentagon staffed up the soonest. modernization and the triad is top priority. we need to fully develop the domain of space and improve our capabilities. there are a wide range of conventional capabilities we need to improve and many hinge on core technologies that we can speak about during the course of the hearing. >> thank you, dr. esper. much esther very chairman and mr. secretary. in your opening remarks you mentioned the continuing tensions between the...
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inside the pentagon. we have got to shift to as a service.t. and by that from comedies who the errorhem and use meant to do the cyber part of defending our networks -- the airmen to do this ever part of defending the networks and do the part of warfare rather than helping me when might you mail doesn't work. we will take two questions grouped together and have the secretaries respond to this. we will take one right here. >> thank you. website.editor of a -ecretary spencer - ms. hicks: a navy question. secretary esper: it is blended services appear. >> an article that came out this month, and admiral claims there were failures that did not -- ms. hicks: sounds like this is going long. go to the question. he said this new series of exercises that were instituted two years ago and seemed to be the first set of realistic exercises -- if we presented an accurate, which is to say, a heart problem, there's a high probability we are going to fail -- these three problems revealed the navy units are not able to con
inside the pentagon. we have got to shift to as a service.t. and by that from comedies who the errorhem and use meant to do the cyber part of defending our networks -- the airmen to do this ever part of defending the networks and do the part of warfare rather than helping me when might you mail doesn't work. we will take two questions grouped together and have the secretaries respond to this. we will take one right here. >> thank you. website.editor of a -ecretary spencer - ms. hicks: a...
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i first entered the pentagon in 1969 during the war in vietnam under melvin laird. jim slushinger followed and i worked with every secretary of defense since that period of time. all different, all with their strengths and indeed some of their weaknesses, but set forth in this is a series of commitments to you as a committee, to the members of the full senate and to the american public as precisely what his goals are and what he will do. how he will serve the president, how he will give the president his best advice, and i know chuck to give it very strongly. so i am going to talk a little bit about crack hagel, the man i served with for 12 years. my distinguished colleague and longtime friend, sam, had gone when chuck arrived at the senate. first year he was here, we had daniel defense authorization bill on the floor, and in those days, as it is today, that bill goes on that floor, that bill stays on that floor. sometimes a couple days, sometimes a couple of weeks. we get it through. when it's done we go back to our committee's faces and we begin to write that bill
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in 2019, he talked about his experiences at the pentagon. [indistinct conversations] congratulations on the book. the last time i interviewed you, i was on some kind of vessel, some kind of military buildup to respond to russia. mr. carter: exactly. it was part of what i thought was necessary after a quarter-century -- we did not have a war plan for russia for a quarter-century. it is kind of interesting to reflect on. when i started, i worked on conventional and nuclear, and we did not do thatand then it becao me, whatever six years for soto that we needed a four plan. that's when we begin positioning forces in different ways in europe, but the particular reason to go to that time, and you may room or that. was because that would be a location for a new cyber center for nato. two reasons. one is, it's the epicenter of hybrid were fair -- warfare of the russians trying to lure the line between war and peace and cyber attacks. >> this was right after ukraine? >> yes. so they knew what the playbook was for them in russia. but the other thing i
in 2019, he talked about his experiences at the pentagon. [indistinct conversations] congratulations on the book. the last time i interviewed you, i was on some kind of vessel, some kind of military buildup to respond to russia. mr. carter: exactly. it was part of what i thought was necessary after a quarter-century -- we did not have a war plan for russia for a quarter-century. it is kind of interesting to reflect on. when i started, i worked on conventional and nuclear, and we did not do...
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then, ashton carter will talk about changes to the pentagon's command structure. later, a senate homeland security hearing on terrorism in the united states and abroad. our guest is virginia senator mark warner, a democrat. thank you for being with us. and nielssts are mike . you are up first. >> thanks for joining us today. year in a unique position for a really hot button issue right now. in a unique position for a really hot button issue right now. you are a technologist by trade. you've taken a deep interest in that industry. there is a grand national debate right now about encryption. your colleagues on the intelligence committee are working on legislation to address this issue. can you give us enough on that update on thatan legislation? start tooing to circulate real-time and i'm looking forward to reviewing it. i have the norm's both richard and diane. i've spentarea that a lot of time trying to think through. i have a background in telecom and i.t. we started looking at the question around digital security. butyption is part of that -- it is going to be a
then, ashton carter will talk about changes to the pentagon's command structure. later, a senate homeland security hearing on terrorism in the united states and abroad. our guest is virginia senator mark warner, a democrat. thank you for being with us. and nielssts are mike . you are up first. >> thanks for joining us today. year in a unique position for a really hot button issue right now. in a unique position for a really hot button issue right now. you are a technologist by trade....
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not at the pentagon. the report notes that is the social security systems that are used to determine our eligibility and our benefits are more than 30 years old and are based on computer language. mr. speaker, i used cobalt computer language when i was in college. almost 40 years ago. we need that kind of reform in order to be competitive and provide services to our constituents and safe cyber-ready protections. we've already witnessed the office of personnel management losing people's identities, creating identity theft right in the middle of a federal computer system. that's supposed to be the best. our chairman of the house oversight committee, jason chaffetz, has expressed his support for modernizing our government's aging systems, calling it a vital part of infrastructure that we need in order to have a fully functional government. i couldn't agree more. we don't need to shortchange these agencies when it comes to delivering a safe cyberprotected i.t. infrastructure. let's talk now more about last --
not at the pentagon. the report notes that is the social security systems that are used to determine our eligibility and our benefits are more than 30 years old and are based on computer language. mr. speaker, i used cobalt computer language when i was in college. almost 40 years ago. we need that kind of reform in order to be competitive and provide services to our constituents and safe cyber-ready protections. we've already witnessed the office of personnel management losing people's...
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pentagon has never been audited. and we have to have defense but certainly we -- audit it. they've told us they're too big and we say, oh, well. that's been going on over a decade. the federal reserve, completely unaudited. we've had very little cooperation in the senate saying need transparency in the government. yes, we get frustrated calling consumer reps but at the same time we have big problems as a country, what do we do with the fed, the pentagon, the consumer protection bureau and congress. congress uses bills that are not thousands of pages long filled with wonky technical jargon that is to the average reader. congress uses high-pressure touations to get people accept bills they don't like. few members read the bills before they agree to them. and so i think maybe congress items.e one of our first unfortunately, you know, when you look at your government and you're unhappy with your you can't change your legislative provider. a lot of people probably would if they could. but when it comes to television or cable or satellite, you have choice. the satellite and cable
pentagon has never been audited. and we have to have defense but certainly we -- audit it. they've told us they're too big and we say, oh, well. that's been going on over a decade. the federal reserve, completely unaudited. we've had very little cooperation in the senate saying need transparency in the government. yes, we get frustrated calling consumer reps but at the same time we have big problems as a country, what do we do with the fed, the pentagon, the consumer protection bureau and...
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i first entered the pentagon in 1969 during the war in vietnam under melvin laird. jim schlesinger followed and i worked with every secretary of defense since that period of time. all different, all with their strengths and indeed some of their weaknesses, but set forth in this is a series of commitments to you as a committee, to the members of the full senate and to the american public as precisely what his goals are and what he will do. how he will serve the president, how he will give the president his best advice, and i know chuck to give it very strongly. so i am going to talk a little bit about crack hagel, the man i served with for 12 years. my distinguished colleague and longtime friend, sam, had gone when chuck arrived at the senate. first year he was here, we had daniel defense authorization -- the annual defense authorization bill on the floor, and in those days, as it is today, that bill goes on that floor, that bill stays on that floor. sometimes a couple days, sometimes a couple of weeks. we get it through. when it's done we go back to our committee's
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which,a pentagon papers they that that clinton had been active. an in the against to 2011 elections. they even thought there was a subsequent film that showed the real story that should american spy agencies behind exposing the russian doping and the olympics. they had a vendetta against clinton which was obvious. in terms of their connections and ties to trump, there was a jump all question looking into. >> let me jewel. on a couple of down on points -- drill a couple of specific points. >> this has been going on since the beginning of state craftsman , since it has a nation states. nefarious?016 >> if you step back for a moment and this is something i'm trying to make the case within the intelligence committee. pass the biggest defense ever. $716 billion. the defense budget is 70 billion. into in terms of their misuse is about 150 two 160. i sometimes believe we are buying the world's best 20 century military in terms of tanks and ships and guns and that's a hard thing to say when we got lots of military installations being from virginia. our ne
which,a pentagon papers they that that clinton had been active. an in the against to 2011 elections. they even thought there was a subsequent film that showed the real story that should american spy agencies behind exposing the russian doping and the olympics. they had a vendetta against clinton which was obvious. in terms of their connections and ties to trump, there was a jump all question looking into. >> let me jewel. on a couple of down on points -- drill a couple of specific points....
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i received various awards from the army in the capitol police to include an award during the pentagon attack. unfortunately i did not save any lives but there certain lessons that always stuck with me after 9/11. one of those lessons is knowing the unthinkable is always possible so be ready. so it always take my job very seriously as 9/11 is always in the back of my mind. with the capitol police i served in various operational administrative and collateral assignments i am currently serving as a captain in the special operations division where i have various responsibilities to include serving as a field commander in the field force commander for the service unit. throughout my career i have responded to and managed various critical incidents and events from congressional and member security related issues to shooting an armed project. i've served as a field force commander for multiple event including november 1400, 0000 maga march. in my career i been activated to work demonstrations with various controversial groups and i've been called some of the worst names so many times that i'
i received various awards from the army in the capitol police to include an award during the pentagon attack. unfortunately i did not save any lives but there certain lessons that always stuck with me after 9/11. one of those lessons is knowing the unthinkable is always possible so be ready. so it always take my job very seriously as 9/11 is always in the back of my mind. with the capitol police i served in various operational administrative and collateral assignments i am currently serving as...
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i think we need to make whether -- based on the does the pentagon, state department, what does a homeland security department believe? do they need to be here now? what size do we need there to make sure we don't have happen in afghanistan what we saw happen in iraq? troops over the objections of recommendations of are notrs in the field getting a status enforcement agreement. that is what we are seeing go on. that is long-term. this is a threat to our homeland security. my point is i don't think we should make arbitrary decisions either for president or from the fellow republicans. i think you make a decision on that east on what is the best assessment of our national security interest. given the recent election in afghanistan and what is going on there on what is going on in iraq that it would not be in hours interest to bring them home now. that is not to say i believe in an indefinite presence. >> i think the circumstances in afghanistan are complicated. you have got to candidate still two candidate still bickering about the votes. i would be open to leaving the forces longer. curious
i think we need to make whether -- based on the does the pentagon, state department, what does a homeland security department believe? do they need to be here now? what size do we need there to make sure we don't have happen in afghanistan what we saw happen in iraq? troops over the objections of recommendations of are notrs in the field getting a status enforcement agreement. that is what we are seeing go on. that is long-term. this is a threat to our homeland security. my point is i don't...
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i first entered the pentagon in 1969 during the war in vietnam under melvin laird. jim schlesinger followed and i worked with every secretary of defense since that period of time. all different, all with their strengths and indeed some of their weaknesses, but set forth in this is a series of commitments to you as a committee, to the members of the full senate and to the american public as precisely what his goals are and what he will do. how he will serve the president, how he will give the president his best advice, and i know chuck to give it very strongly. so i am going to talk a little bit about crack hagel, the man i served with for 12 years. my distinguished colleague and longtime friend, sam, had gone when chuck arrived at the senate. first year he was here, we had daniel defense authorization -- the annual defense authorization bill on the floor, and in those days, as it is today, that bill goes on that floor, that bill stays on that floor. sometimes a couple days, sometimes a couple of weeks. we get it through. when it's done we go back to our committee's
i first entered the pentagon in 1969 during the war in vietnam under melvin laird. jim schlesinger followed and i worked with every secretary of defense since that period of time. all different, all with their strengths and indeed some of their weaknesses, but set forth in this is a series of commitments to you as a committee, to the members of the full senate and to the american public as precisely what his goals are and what he will do. how he will serve the president, how he will give the...
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i first entered the pentagon in 1969 during the war in vietnam under melvyn larry. jim schlesinger followed and i worked with every secretary of defense since that time. all different, all different strength and there were weaknesses. but set forth in this is a series of commitments to you as a committee, to the members of the full senate and to the american public as precisely what his goals are and what he will do. how he will serve the president, how he will give the president his best advice. and i know him to give it very strongly. so i will talk kilobit about chuck hegel, the man that i served with -- so i will talk a little bit about chuck hagel, the man that i served with. the first year he was here, we had the daniel defense authorization on the floor. in those days as it is today, the bill goes on the floor and that bill stays on that floor. sometimes a couple of days, sometimes a week, sometimes broken up, but we get it through. and when it is done, we don't immediately back to our committee spaces and we begin to write that bill and give it to the printe
i first entered the pentagon in 1969 during the war in vietnam under melvyn larry. jim schlesinger followed and i worked with every secretary of defense since that time. all different, all different strength and there were weaknesses. but set forth in this is a series of commitments to you as a committee, to the members of the full senate and to the american public as precisely what his goals are and what he will do. how he will serve the president, how he will give the president his best...
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. >> at the pentagon, you're working with the joint chiefs and you're still a commander. you graduated from the naval academy what year? >> 1981. >> this is 2001, you've been in the navy for 20 years. when does someone who's been in the navy for 20 years and is a commander expect to get promoted? >> normally -- i was what they call a dual course officer, theote add long with majority of my classmates. i was never selected early for promotion, so i expected to be looked at sometime around the 22 to 23-year point for promotion to captain. and everything looked to be on track for that. >> let me run a piece of recorded video with senator john warner. we'll ask you about this. >> in the case of the cole, the report of the jagman's investigation officer was clear, it was precise. and in my personal judgment it was a professional job. well done. the report found that instructions, directives and ordered issues by the chief of naval operation, the central command had been violated. in fact, the report stated that failure by the commanding officer to implement half of the require
. >> at the pentagon, you're working with the joint chiefs and you're still a commander. you graduated from the naval academy what year? >> 1981. >> this is 2001, you've been in the navy for 20 years. when does someone who's been in the navy for 20 years and is a commander expect to get promoted? >> normally -- i was what they call a dual course officer, theote add long with majority of my classmates. i was never selected early for promotion, so i expected to be looked...
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you try to bomb the pentagon and u.s. capitol. my question to you, you sounded totally different today. you talked about teaching. you talked about being an educator. he talked about doubt and wonder. my question is, what happened to the old revolutionary? is he still alive or has he thrown in the towel? >> i actually feel i still am a revolutionary. if by revolutionary you mean -- if what you mean by revolutionary having a fully worked out program by which we can kind of imagine a different world and overthrow government and move forward with some no caps on not that. if you mean someone who is willing to dive into contradictions, try to make sense out of them, try to fight for more peace and justice, more balanced, more sustainability and be willing to live with ambiguity and complexity and try to move forward, sure, i solicit or myself someone who sees the need for fundamental change. i will give you an example. to me, the struggle against white supremacy, which i invited everybody to join, is a struggle that still goes on. it
you try to bomb the pentagon and u.s. capitol. my question to you, you sounded totally different today. you talked about teaching. you talked about being an educator. he talked about doubt and wonder. my question is, what happened to the old revolutionary? is he still alive or has he thrown in the towel? >> i actually feel i still am a revolutionary. if by revolutionary you mean -- if what you mean by revolutionary having a fully worked out program by which we can kind of imagine a...
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everybody knows that including the people at the pentagon. now, my defense secretary is going to have a lot to do with those decisions, but it's going to be the president who's going to have to ultimately decide before that budget goes to the congress what weapons systems are going to go and what are going to stay. we are not going to spend the billions and trillions that mr. bush wants to spend on star wars. we're not going to spend billions on mx's on railroad cars, which is a weapons system we don't need, can't afford and won't help our defense posture at all. we're not going to spend hundreds of millions on a space plane from washington to tokyo. those are decisions that the chief executive has to make. yes, we're going to have a strong and credible and effective nuclear deterrent. we're going to go forward with the stealth and the d-5 and the advance cruise missile and good conventional forces. but the next president of the united states will have to make some tough and difficult decisions. i'm prepared to make them, the vice president i
everybody knows that including the people at the pentagon. now, my defense secretary is going to have a lot to do with those decisions, but it's going to be the president who's going to have to ultimately decide before that budget goes to the congress what weapons systems are going to go and what are going to stay. we are not going to spend the billions and trillions that mr. bush wants to spend on star wars. we're not going to spend billions on mx's on railroad cars, which is a weapons system...
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everybody knows that, including the pentagon. my defense secretary have a lot to do with those decisions. the president will ultimately decide before it goes to congress what weapons systems will go and what will stay. the billionspend and trillions that he wants on star wars. they weapons system that we don't need, cannot afford, and one of our defense posture at all. we are not going to spend hundreds of millions on a spaceplane from washington to tokyo. yes, we are can have a strong and effective nuclear deterrent. we are going to go advanced with the five cruise missile. but the next president will have to make some tough difficult decisions. i am prepared to make them, the vice president is not. [applause] bernard: andrea has a question. andrea: continuing on that subject, we say we have to do something about conventional forces. you supported the d5 submarine mission like you mentioned. but from jimmy carter to rake in their have been a bipartisan consensus in favor of modernizing the land-based missiles. you have ruled out
everybody knows that, including the pentagon. my defense secretary have a lot to do with those decisions. the president will ultimately decide before it goes to congress what weapons systems will go and what will stay. the billionspend and trillions that he wants on star wars. they weapons system that we don't need, cannot afford, and one of our defense posture at all. we are not going to spend hundreds of millions on a spaceplane from washington to tokyo. yes, we are can have a strong and...
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with continued budget cuts, the pentagon is looking at ways to be more efficient in its purchasing and contracting. anorters heard from undersecretary of defense and assistant navy secretary during a briefing earlier today. let me start with a brief update on iraq. secretary hagel continues to monitor the situation there, as do defense and military leaders at the pentagon. over the last 36 hours, the secretary has met a number of times with senior military leaders to discuss it vents on the ground. i will not detail those options. helpll be designed to break isis's progress. clearly, any decision to employ these options rests solely with the commander-in-chief. it's important to remember that for several months now, we have been working in close quarter nation with the state department to augment the capabilities of iraqi security forces. our focus has been an on increasing their capacity to defend themselves. we delivered 100 hellfire missiles on an expedited timetable, bringing the total to 300. that is in addition to millions of rounds of small arms fire, tank ammunition. late last
with continued budget cuts, the pentagon is looking at ways to be more efficient in its purchasing and contracting. anorters heard from undersecretary of defense and assistant navy secretary during a briefing earlier today. let me start with a brief update on iraq. secretary hagel continues to monitor the situation there, as do defense and military leaders at the pentagon. over the last 36 hours, the secretary has met a number of times with senior military leaders to discuss it vents on the...
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the pentagon believes that in order to secure our national security needs, we should have a 365 ship navy. we are moving in the wrong direction. i agree with it. we need to have the right priorities. what we disagree upon are the priorities. the reason we are seeing that going on is because this administration is slashing the navy to pay for more obamacare. no doubt about it when you look at the budgeting here to that is one of the reasons we see china, russia, iran, the terrorists, isis, and iraq emboldened. you want to intervene militarily? that is not the case. on this particular comment, we have a hard time protecting the american strength abroad when we are weak at home. that is why we need to unleash economic growth and double our economic growth rate. it will help us project strength abroad. >> he makes the same charges over and over again like a broken record. doesn't mean that is true. on this very important question, i believe we need to be strong militarily teared we need to be strong economically as well. the rhyme budget my opponent has approved would cut investments in
the pentagon believes that in order to secure our national security needs, we should have a 365 ship navy. we are moving in the wrong direction. i agree with it. we need to have the right priorities. what we disagree upon are the priorities. the reason we are seeing that going on is because this administration is slashing the navy to pay for more obamacare. no doubt about it when you look at the budgeting here to that is one of the reasons we see china, russia, iran, the terrorists, isis, and...
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he described the pentagon as having an obsession with jargon. it knows no bounds. when they add new phrases to the lexicon, my sepsis start tingling. i think it is a clever phrase designed to cover for cuts to conventional hard power. consider what they are proposing to integrate into deterrence. things that have never been integrated before into military deterrence -- allied technology, and soft power. basic idea is that by integrating those three things into conventional hard power, we can get more defense at less cost. it's a very seductive idea. allies. ok. i would argue that our allies will follow and step up to the plate is we are willing to lead and invest in our defenses. furthermore, if we pursue a strategy of extended deterrence where we extend deterrence to our allies. if we cut hard power, i would argue you are undermining your ability to get your allies on board for whatever you want. the defense of taiwan is foremost in my mind. as you go around the world, even if i granted that in the wake of the invasion of ukraine. . . our european allies are more
he described the pentagon as having an obsession with jargon. it knows no bounds. when they add new phrases to the lexicon, my sepsis start tingling. i think it is a clever phrase designed to cover for cuts to conventional hard power. consider what they are proposing to integrate into deterrence. things that have never been integrated before into military deterrence -- allied technology, and soft power. basic idea is that by integrating those three things into conventional hard power, we can...
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>> china is clearly emboldened as a result of this administration and by our military budget the pentagon believes in order to secure our needs we should have a 306 ship navy. we have about 282 right now in any given day. we are on our way to 255 ships. i agree with the senator. we need the right priorities. i guess where he and i disagree is where those are because the reason we are seeing that going on our defense budget and in the navy is because this is slashing the army to pay for obamacare. there are no 2 ways to look at it. >> that's one of the reasons we see china, russia, iran, emboldened. there are a lot of straw men. you want to intervene militarily. >> that's not the case. we have seen in history time and time again, we are more likely to have peace through strength. we have a hard time projectingly american strength at home when we are weak at hole. just because my opponent keeps making the same charges over and over again like a broken record doesn't make them true. >> is what political operatives say. on this very important question, we need to be strong militarily and econ
>> china is clearly emboldened as a result of this administration and by our military budget the pentagon believes in order to secure our needs we should have a 306 ship navy. we have about 282 right now in any given day. we are on our way to 255 ships. i agree with the senator. we need the right priorities. i guess where he and i disagree is where those are because the reason we are seeing that going on our defense budget and in the navy is because this is slashing the army to pay for...
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klobuchar: would you agree that there were serious issues at the pentagon that contributed to the fact that guard troops did not arrive at the capitol until about 5:40 that day, after most of the violence had subsided? steven: i don't know what issues there were at the pentagon, but i was certainly surprised at the delays i was, i was hearing and i was seeing. ms. klobuchar: okay. very good. and my last question, just as of all of you, in addition to the reforms of the police board, which are very clear need to be made, any other suggestions that wouldn't involve classified information you have for us, mr. sund? steven: as reference to some of the recommendations, i would look at, again, one of the big things that i think was a contributing factor to this was intelligence. i think as you meet with the intelligence community, and law enforcement and the intelligence community, we have a very good relationship, i think the aperture just needs to be opened up a little bit farther. like chief contee had mentioned, you know, january 6 was a new day. it was a change of what threat we face, a
klobuchar: would you agree that there were serious issues at the pentagon that contributed to the fact that guard troops did not arrive at the capitol until about 5:40 that day, after most of the violence had subsided? steven: i don't know what issues there were at the pentagon, but i was certainly surprised at the delays i was, i was hearing and i was seeing. ms. klobuchar: okay. very good. and my last question, just as of all of you, in addition to the reforms of the police board, which are...
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those people in the pentagon were in no higher priority than we were. we had been waiting for months. now what was going to turn into more than a year before we get those remains identified. they needed to be handled in a dignified manner. >> there is a person that you felt was responsible for this. as the top, he is due for a tribunal -- as we talk, he is due for a tribunal. can you explain that? >> as part of the process with the obama administration, while they wanted to shut down and bring everybody here, during the end of the bush administration, the guy you were speaking of, and he has been brought to guantanamo bay. he is waiting for a military commission to be conducted. we have seen that the attorney general is moving forward with that process. we're beginning to see the charges have once again been reinstated. they are now going to the numbers of motions. you are seeing his attorneys tried every legal shenanigans in the book trying to delay the trial. this is classic lawyering. in two years, they will claim the united states government is dela
those people in the pentagon were in no higher priority than we were. we had been waiting for months. now what was going to turn into more than a year before we get those remains identified. they needed to be handled in a dignified manner. >> there is a person that you felt was responsible for this. as the top, he is due for a tribunal -- as we talk, he is due for a tribunal. can you explain that? >> as part of the process with the obama administration, while they wanted to shut...
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and yet 14 years later, the pentagon is still not audit ready. further, mr. chairman, according to a recent g.a.o. analysis, the pentagon's $1.4 trillion acquisition portfolio suffers in from over $457 billion in cost growth which are cost overruns above original contractor estimates. what i think everybody in this room knows is our military straight system, weapons system, after weapons system, there are huge cost overruns. further mor, there have been a lot of fraud associated with the defense contracting industry. her i frankly, virtually every major defense contractor in this country has paid hundreds of millions of dollars in fines and related settlements for fraud and misconduct over the past 20 years. so where we are right now is we have the largest agency of the federal government, the d.o.d. some $600 billion, huge cost overruns, unable to audit this very complicated agency. i think it's time for an audit and i would ask bipartisan support for this amendment. mr. enzi: there are audits that are being done. this amendment is in line with the initiativ
and yet 14 years later, the pentagon is still not audit ready. further, mr. chairman, according to a recent g.a.o. analysis, the pentagon's $1.4 trillion acquisition portfolio suffers in from over $457 billion in cost growth which are cost overruns above original contractor estimates. what i think everybody in this room knows is our military straight system, weapons system, after weapons system, there are huge cost overruns. further mor, there have been a lot of fraud associated with the...
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testifying were former officials with google, the pentagon and the commission. watch tonight at 8:00 on c-span. >> the senate banking committee heard testimony from finance experts on whether stock trading apps like robin hood should have more regulation. witnesses also talked about the role of the government in educating the public on investing and how low income families can benefit. this is just under two hours. sen. brown: thank you, the housing and affairs committee will come to order. this hearing is in the virtual format. sorry to those of you who have to hear this every time, when you start speaking there will be a slight delay. please click the mute button until it is your turn to speak or ask questions. you should have a little box on your screen labeled clock that shows how much time is remaining for witnesses. you will have five minutes for opening statements, and for senators, the five-minute clock still remains for your questions. you will hear a bell ring to remind you that the time has most expired and it will ring again when the time has expired
testifying were former officials with google, the pentagon and the commission. watch tonight at 8:00 on c-span. >> the senate banking committee heard testimony from finance experts on whether stock trading apps like robin hood should have more regulation. witnesses also talked about the role of the government in educating the public on investing and how low income families can benefit. this is just under two hours. sen. brown: thank you, the housing and affairs committee will come to...
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months we're going to watch congress and how much will he give the pen again -- will they give the pentagon. if the president says to do it in the they will do it -- do it, they will do it. budgetedready if they don't get that, they have to find it somewhere else. ultimately, we are going to see a actual reform, a way of to get that change. at the same time, help balance the budget and get it in there. >> thank you very much for your time. afford today's "washington journal." we will be back tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. enjoy the rest of your day. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> looking live at the u.s. twotol now, one of the legislative bodies are in town this week. the senate gavels and today at two :00 p.m. eastern. they will continue working on a bill that would provide incentives for energy-efficient manufacturing. a procedural vote is set for 5:30 p.m. eastern today. also on the agenda, several executive branch nominees. as always, watch lighthouse coverage. at the white house today, pr
months we're going to watch congress and how much will he give the pen again -- will they give the pentagon. if the president says to do it in the they will do it -- do it, they will do it. budgetedready if they don't get that, they have to find it somewhere else. ultimately, we are going to see a actual reform, a way of to get that change. at the same time, help balance the budget and get it in there. >> thank you very much for your time. afford today's "washington journal." we...
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do you anticipate the pentagon needing to request more money in 2015 for the response? >> you would have to ask the comptrollers for that. it is a reprogramming effort, i don't know what that is coming from. osc policy is leading that effort. they could tell you where it exactly is coming from. >> thank you. i wanted to clarify one thing -- it is in fact service members who will be operating this testing labs in the field? >> correct. >> we have been told that service members are not going to come in contact with patients. now we are being told that is changing. >> the labs are a separate specialty element of the force. that is probably where that has come from. as far as the general population, they won't be coming in contact. these labs are trained to a specially skilled level. it is the highest level. they can operate in a nuclear, biological, and chemical environment. they are specifically trained to do that. that is their primary skill set. we had one in their that has been operating for several years in the country that works on infectious diseases. we have both t
do you anticipate the pentagon needing to request more money in 2015 for the response? >> you would have to ask the comptrollers for that. it is a reprogramming effort, i don't know what that is coming from. osc policy is leading that effort. they could tell you where it exactly is coming from. >> thank you. i wanted to clarify one thing -- it is in fact service members who will be operating this testing labs in the field? >> correct. >> we have been told that service...
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we need to have according to the pentagon 300 ships two meters national -- to meet our national security needs. we are on our way to 260 because of these defense cuts. that includes $486 billion in terms of the budget control act and another $500 billion sequestration. as a member of the senate armed services committee i would work to replace the sequestration cuts to repeal them and to make sure we are more secure as a country and we make our military the proper priorities should be. >> senator warner we have had the sequestration for some time now. >> i call that stupidity on steroids and i find it curious that my opponent has said he would not have voted, my understanding for the budget control act that was supported by a majority of the delegation democrat and republican in virginia and john mccain took took -- said that the alternative was defaulting on our nation's debt throwing us into economic turmoil but no one has been a stronger etiquette -- stronger advocate against sequestration. as a matter of fact i laid out again on mike my opponent with specificity and took arrows from b
we need to have according to the pentagon 300 ships two meters national -- to meet our national security needs. we are on our way to 260 because of these defense cuts. that includes $486 billion in terms of the budget control act and another $500 billion sequestration. as a member of the senate armed services committee i would work to replace the sequestration cuts to repeal them and to make sure we are more secure as a country and we make our military the proper priorities should be. >>...
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air force -- we understand that -- but can you think of a reason why we would not want to include the pentagon and by extension the air force and a government wide, consistent set of standards and enforcement and standard operating procedures with respect to the use of such cards ? especially since you are, by ? r, the biggest user >> yes, the department of defense is the largest user of ivernment purchase cards, and can speak for policy for the air force, just not for the department of defense. the policy for all of from an air force perspective, the internal controls i mentioned earlier -- and i'm not saying that these internal controls would not -- need theiate or not government control act as far as thetransaction as far as government charge card prevention act -- i'm not saying we would not benefit from that, but i can tell you a little bit about our internal control process we have now. weaddition to the pcol's, have six levels of control. we also have a requiring organization or person that has the need, the cardholder, and then the pay her, and no one person can have all three of those
air force -- we understand that -- but can you think of a reason why we would not want to include the pentagon and by extension the air force and a government wide, consistent set of standards and enforcement and standard operating procedures with respect to the use of such cards ? especially since you are, by ? r, the biggest user >> yes, the department of defense is the largest user of ivernment purchase cards, and can speak for policy for the air force, just not for the department of...
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we cannot share information from this building with the pentagon because it's stored on dozens of technological systems that are inaccessible or incompatible yet almost 18 years after secretary rumsfeld statement by the department of defense has still not passed a clean audit despite the fact the pentagon controls in excess of $2.2 trillion or roughly 70% of the entire federal government owns. meanwhile virtually every major defense contractor in the united states has paid billions of dollars in fines and settlements for the misconduct and fraud while making huge profits on those government contracts. i hope that my colleagues will support this important amendment. >> others in favor? i guess i have comments in favor. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment. it would create support for the efforts to pass a clean financial audit and it's the duty of congress to apply its oversight role. i applaud the department for completing its first financial audit in 2018 and although they didn't receive an opinion they help to determine various vulnerabilities in areas to improve and help eliminate
we cannot share information from this building with the pentagon because it's stored on dozens of technological systems that are inaccessible or incompatible yet almost 18 years after secretary rumsfeld statement by the department of defense has still not passed a clean audit despite the fact the pentagon controls in excess of $2.2 trillion or roughly 70% of the entire federal government owns. meanwhile virtually every major defense contractor in the united states has paid billions of dollars...
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it reinforces the permanent warring economy, the pentagon is untouchable. the deficit tripled. they could not get hold of the pentagon budget and the military budget was expanding. >> it peaked in 1986 and then came down. >> a triple. >> that is when we took control the health care budget. look it up. the medicare budget -- the line >> all we talking about the defense budget between 1972 and 1988? >> i am not defending it. since 1986, we went through greater balances than 2001. as the defense budget begins to shrink after 2013, which i expect it probably will, we will find our difficulties in balancing the budget remain as chronic as they are now. this is not because we spend too much to defend ourselves. >> it may be archaic for some of you, but let me come back to something you said a moment ago. all one it is segue from u2 david brody first. what is good to happen about politics over the next couple of years as we try to write this next chapter. we are at the halfway point of president obama's first term. we are just weeks away from a whole bunch of folks starting to line up
it reinforces the permanent warring economy, the pentagon is untouchable. the deficit tripled. they could not get hold of the pentagon budget and the military budget was expanding. >> it peaked in 1986 and then came down. >> a triple. >> that is when we took control the health care budget. look it up. the medicare budget -- the line >> all we talking about the defense budget between 1972 and 1988? >> i am not defending it. since 1986, we went through greater...
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." >> it was the same i had seen in 2005 2006-2007, as well as when i worked on issues of the pentagon and the state department in between those times. there was no difference in administration. there were both -- the desire was to win politically, domestic political reasons. everything else was secondary. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." announcer: next, conversation on congresses oversight role of the intelligence community. former members of the congressional intelligence committees, including jane harman, mike rogers, saxby chambliss, and bill nelson, participate in a panel moderated by the former acting cia director, michael morel. we will hear first from senate intelligence committee vice chair mark warner, posted by george mason university, this is about 90 minutes. >> this is one of 10 schools and colleges at george mason university, and we have a variety of programs and public policy, public administration, political science, and international security, among others, and we are proud to host a number of these public facing events such as this one this
." >> it was the same i had seen in 2005 2006-2007, as well as when i worked on issues of the pentagon and the state department in between those times. there was no difference in administration. there were both -- the desire was to win politically, domestic political reasons. everything else was secondary. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." announcer: next, conversation on congresses oversight role of the intelligence community. former members of...
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we cannot share information from floor to floor in this building, the pentagon, because it's stored on dozens of technological systems that are inaccessible or incompatible, end of quote. yet almost 18 years after secretary rumsfeld's statement, the department of defense has still not passed a clean audit despite the fact that the pentagon controls assets in excess of $2.2 trillion, or roughly 70% of what the entire federal government owns. meanwhile, over the past two decades, virtually every major defense contractor in the united states has paid billions of dollars in fines and settlements for misconduct and -- all while making huge profits on those government contracts. i hope that my colleagues will support this important amendment. senator enzi: other comments in favor? i guess i have comments in favor. senator sanders: pardon me? senator enzi: i guess i have comments in favor. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment it would create a fund to support the effort to pass a clean financial audit tsms the duty of congress to apply its oversight role. i applaud the department fo
we cannot share information from floor to floor in this building, the pentagon, because it's stored on dozens of technological systems that are inaccessible or incompatible, end of quote. yet almost 18 years after secretary rumsfeld's statement, the department of defense has still not passed a clean audit despite the fact that the pentagon controls assets in excess of $2.2 trillion, or roughly 70% of what the entire federal government owns. meanwhile, over the past two decades, virtually every...
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also, earlier today, i asked you about the bloated pentagon. you said that -- those comments were before the sequestration bill passed. they were after the bill passed. sequestration passed on august 2 and the interview was on august 29. what you said on august 29 of -- in that "financial times" interview you said "the defense department, i think -- this is your quote "the defense department is bloated. let's look at the reality is that the defense department has gotten everything they wanted and more. we've taken priority, we've taken dollars, policies out of the state department and a number of other departments and put them over in defense. " that comment was after the sequestration. now, 18 months later if this nomination is approved it would be running and again -- where do we find those bloated things in the defense department and when will are you prioritizing? another way to ask what mrs. fisher was asking, are we going to let money drive strategy or strategy drive the money? as secretary of defense, which of those possessions are you g
also, earlier today, i asked you about the bloated pentagon. you said that -- those comments were before the sequestration bill passed. they were after the bill passed. sequestration passed on august 2 and the interview was on august 29. what you said on august 29 of -- in that "financial times" interview you said "the defense department, i think -- this is your quote "the defense department is bloated. let's look at the reality is that the defense department has gotten...
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not as the pentagon, but the state department. more and more other parts of our government involved in national security. >> from politico -- i am wondering if there is consensus among the groups about the size of cuts the pentagon can weather. a second question, how do we know whether they have merely kick the can down the road, or if they have laid the groundwork for a lot -- a larger deal in 2013. what will those look like? thank you. >> i think there is -- the pentagon has taken approximately the 2012 and 2013 budgets, assuming the budget goes into effect, about $900 billion out. i think there is consensus in terms of what senators warner and nunn have said, we need to do this over an extended period time in a way that has a gradual flows of the pentagon can actually plan for the future. if we take out another $500 billion, which is in sequestration, and the way, as i understand, the way the law requires the cuts to be taken, axe right at thea middle, which will be very difficult to do in any smooth way. i am confident that wi
not as the pentagon, but the state department. more and more other parts of our government involved in national security. >> from politico -- i am wondering if there is consensus among the groups about the size of cuts the pentagon can weather. a second question, how do we know whether they have merely kick the can down the road, or if they have laid the groundwork for a lot -- a larger deal in 2013. what will those look like? thank you. >> i think there is -- the pentagon has taken...
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defense policy bill yesterday that sets forth the muscular vision of america as a global power with the pentagon budget that far exceeds what president trump has asked. the -- a point of personal pride for senator john mccain. in their wrapup of that the washington post notes that senate leaders were unable to strike a deal to schedule votes on several proposed limits to that legislation meaning that highly anticipated debates over whether to increase sanctions against challenge thed ban on transgender troops never happened on the senate floor yesterday. speaking of military matters one other story that was talked program the navy firing and investigations into separate deadly collisions. commander and the captain of theiremoved on monday for roles in separate crashes that killed 17 sailors and left hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to the vessels. today on capitol hill at 10:00 when this program and the senate armed services committee is holding a hearing to talk about naval operations in the wake of those accidents. that's happening at 10:00 and you can watch it. check c-span for detai
defense policy bill yesterday that sets forth the muscular vision of america as a global power with the pentagon budget that far exceeds what president trump has asked. the -- a point of personal pride for senator john mccain. in their wrapup of that the washington post notes that senate leaders were unable to strike a deal to schedule votes on several proposed limits to that legislation meaning that highly anticipated debates over whether to increase sanctions against challenge thed ban on...
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secondly, several organizations, including the pentagon have worked to make it easier for dependents who move from one state to another to transfer into those school systems without going through a horrendous amount of work and red tape in order to get thirdly, states would give, and there have been many of them in recent years, that did in-state tuition to individuals who get transferred to focus on that aspect of education paren. there are programs focused on spouse education that each service has. how can we emphasize that and approved that? the foundation for a bright future is most often and education. -- and education. -- an education. it was dramatically different that was 10 years ago. throughout our discussions, including the family and where they said, and i call it a readiness issue. we need to be ready with our airplanes and with our ships and with their tanks, we need to be a certain level of training and readiness certainly in a world like we are in now. our units as well a healthy family unit is a readiness issue. one that is not degrades are ready mess. -- our readine
secondly, several organizations, including the pentagon have worked to make it easier for dependents who move from one state to another to transfer into those school systems without going through a horrendous amount of work and red tape in order to get thirdly, states would give, and there have been many of them in recent years, that did in-state tuition to individuals who get transferred to focus on that aspect of education paren. there are programs focused on spouse education that each...
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i am concerned -- we have seen of the bit of activity here, whether it was the fake fire on the pentagon and that interfered with the market. i am not -- i'm surprised we have not seen more interference in fortune 500 companies not just in terms of deepfakes but in tools that might create false complaints about audits or false filings in terms of regulatory entities. how are you thinking about making sure our public markets at the trust in those markets are not undermined by the rise of ai across the board? mr. gensler: you are absolutely right. fraud is fraught and if you are using ai, that is a risk to the markets. i think we have good laws. these technologies will challenge those and we will look forward to working with you on that. deception is deception and i would not let anybody tell you there is no human behind the are rhythm. -- behind the algorithm. there is still a human setting the broad hyper parameters. these are the top level what the auger rhythm is training on. i would not know that there was a deepfake on me that i resigned that was put out in the middle of the summer.
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we have the pentagon telling us this is a big problem and we need to understand it at a base base level. senator enzi: this can be accepted on a voice vote. any objection? those in favor say aye. . those opposed, no. that amendment is adopted. harris number 1. senator enzi: this one can be adopted by a voice vote. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. raise your hands if you want to be recorded as a no vote. that one is adopted. grassley number 1. senator grassley: deals with flood situations but more closely with how the corps operates on the missouri river. and urging closer working relationship between local, state and federal agencies. ask for a yes vote. senator enzi: opposition? anyone asking for a recorded vote? seeing none. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the amendment is adopted. murray number 3. mrs. murphy: you are again inin reaching another cap agreement. this amendment will help you do that by aligning the adjustments language to reflect the reality of the previous agreement. we have done these deals three times. we should be clear and accepting three years
we have the pentagon telling us this is a big problem and we need to understand it at a base base level. senator enzi: this can be accepted on a voice vote. any objection? those in favor say aye. . those opposed, no. that amendment is adopted. harris number 1. senator enzi: this one can be adopted by a voice vote. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. raise your hands if you want to be recorded as a no vote. that one is adopted. grassley number 1. senator grassley: deals with flood...
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earlier today, defense secretary mark esper held a briefing at the pentagon on recent protests in washington, d.c. he answered questions about president trump's visit to st. john's episcopal church during those protests halloween george floyd's death. this is 20 minutes. >>>> good morning everyone. over the past couple days, there has been a fair share of reporting, some good, some bad, about what is transparent in our great nation. in the role the department of defense and its leaders. i want to take a few minutes to address these issues in person to make clear the facts and offer my views. front, theme say up killing of george floyd by a minneapolis policeman is a horriblei'm -- a crime. the officers shoul
earlier today, defense secretary mark esper held a briefing at the pentagon on recent protests in washington, d.c. he answered questions about president trump's visit to st. john's episcopal church during those protests halloween george floyd's death. this is 20 minutes. >>>> good morning everyone. over the past couple days, there has been a fair share of reporting, some good, some bad, about what is transparent in our great nation. in the role the department of defense and its...
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are we trying to use any models from the pentagon? also, it worries me that we are going to have to replicate something that apparently, in the pentagon, we are doing fairly effectively. how do we take those lessons? can dhs get to a point where it is, frankly, as effective as some of the work being done at the pentagon? >> that is an excellent question. indeed, the pilot programs you are referring to, called the dib pilot program, meaning the defense industrial base, we issued a report over that program. as it happens, we have also made an -- a recommendation in a report that will be coming out soon, so i cannot really talk about it yet -- the executive order has a line in it, i think under the information sharing section, to look at that program, the defense program, and expand it to the other sector, or the other critical infrastructure sectors. that is one of the activities that is planned. >> do you think that dhs will have the current capability to do that? the pentagon is obviously in a situation where they are dealing with a n
are we trying to use any models from the pentagon? also, it worries me that we are going to have to replicate something that apparently, in the pentagon, we are doing fairly effectively. how do we take those lessons? can dhs get to a point where it is, frankly, as effective as some of the work being done at the pentagon? >> that is an excellent question. indeed, the pilot programs you are referring to, called the dib pilot program, meaning the defense industrial base, we issued a report...
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rooftops.barbecues on we had one of our founding of the store a copy pentagon papers in his freezer. departmentstice curiosity about it. cited inad our briefs u.s. supreme court opinions. we have gone on road trips around the country to teach seminars about free press and free speech. at the never had a panel national press club. we're fixing that today. onh our first ever panel supreme court technology and transparency. we have, as they say at the saturday night live studio, we have a great show for you today on technology and transparency in the supreme court. .e have judges and journalists we have academics. we have supreme court litigators. as our moderator and musical guest, we have a longtime veteran of the supreme court, a reporter. the head of the reporters' committee. thank you for coming and joining .s in this new chapter without further ado, i will turn it over to tony. [applause] >> thank you, bruce. my name is tony mauro. i would like to welcome you to our discussion. hostld like to thank our for making this happen. in addition to being on this years,ee for close to 30 i
rooftops.barbecues on we had one of our founding of the store a copy pentagon papers in his freezer. departmentstice curiosity about it. cited inad our briefs u.s. supreme court opinions. we have gone on road trips around the country to teach seminars about free press and free speech. at the never had a panel national press club. we're fixing that today. onh our first ever panel supreme court technology and transparency. we have, as they say at the saturday night live studio, we have a great...
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had six years in the pentagon. was undersecretary of the navy and 30 years as senator from virginia. and he was a great partner for us. he completed the cycle. in putting this legislation through. we had people from warmed war ii, from korea, from -- world war ii, korea. they said we're going to make this happen and they did happen and ladies and gentlemen, i'm very proud to introduce and call to the microphone, senator john warner. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. [applause] >> i'll be brief. i have worked with dr. merton for 40 years. each of the presidents try and come and see us once a year. that's all right. not dr. merton. not once, twice, three times, four types. i never spent so much time with any president except you. and the result was magnificent. thank you. [applause] jim webb. i was secretary of the navy in 1971-1972. the commandant of the marine corps came in to see me. said i have a marine rehabilitating from serious injury. i think he would be a credit to the secretary staff. i said send him in.
had six years in the pentagon. was undersecretary of the navy and 30 years as senator from virginia. and he was a great partner for us. he completed the cycle. in putting this legislation through. we had people from warmed war ii, from korea, from -- world war ii, korea. they said we're going to make this happen and they did happen and ladies and gentlemen, i'm very proud to introduce and call to the microphone, senator john warner. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. [applause] >>...